Demographics

California Now at the Heart of the Battle Against Woke Anti-Semitism

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When affirmative action, the predecessor of DEI, was first implemented in the early 1970s, the goal was to address cruel centuries of oppression of African Americans. It was widely supported by many white Americans, who saw it as a short-term palliative.  read more »

Jewish Geography Points South

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You venture to call Ferdinand a wise ruler, he who has impoverished his own country and enriched mine!”

The Ottoman sultan Bayezid II is said to have made this disparaging remark about Spain’s Catholic king upon the latter’s expulsion of Jews and Muslims in 1492.  read more »

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Tech Bros Have Stolen Austin's Soul

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It looms, all glamour and glass, like a strange Wellsian monster. Floor by floor it comes, casting the Colorado River in shadow as it goes. By the time it’s finished, sometime next year, it’ll be the tallest building in Texas  read more »

Families and Transportation

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On his second day in office, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy directed federal transportation agencies to “give preference to communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average,”  read more »

More on Rust Belt to Sun Belt Migration

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Three weeks ago I wrote a piece about the role that a “Rust Belt Diaspora,” or the people who relocated from Rust Belt to Sun Belt states over the last 50 years  read more »

Immigration the American Way

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As the U.S. southern border begins to function once again, it’s time to consider what kind of immigration policy we should adopt.  read more »

European Stagnation Will Lead to Policy Shifts

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There is currently a significant shift happening in the USA, with cuts to government expenditure, and ambitions to reduce the regulatory burden.  read more »

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Why Jews Are Fleeing the West

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Jewish history has long been defined by migratory movements away from trouble and towards safer places.  read more »

Midwest Metro Musings #1

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I’ve said for years that the issues that plague Midwestern cities, and the successful strategies they’ve employed, have gone unnoticed as the cities of the east and west coasts have pulled away economically and culturally.  read more »

A Quarter Century of Net Domestic Migration

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Between 2000 and 2024, there has been substantial movement between the states — net domestic migration. The source of the data is the Census Bureau population estimates program  read more »